Cade

• POS: Adjective, Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

Cade, a. [Cf. OE. cad, kod, lamb, also Cosset, Coddle.].

 Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.  [1913 Webster]
"He brought his cade lamb with him."  [1913 Webster]

Cade, v. t. 

 To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame.  Johnson.  [1913 Webster]

Cade, n. [L. cadus jar, Gr. .].

 A barrel or cask, as of fish.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
"A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000."  [1913 Webster]

Cade, n. [F. & Pr.; LL. cada.].

 A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries.  [1913 Webster]

Oil of cade, a thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by destructive distillation of the inner wood of the cade. It is used as a local application in skin diseases.